Hinetics
Hinetics is a clean technology startup focused on the development of high specific power, high efficiency electric motors and generators for electrified aircraft[1] and offshore wind turbine[2] applications. Hinetics' product portfolio is composed of both permanent magnet electric machines as well as lower TRL superconducting electric machines. The company was spun-off from the Haran Research Group,[3] led by Professor Kiruba Haran, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017[4] to commercialize a slotless motor topology developed under a NASA NRA award.[5]
Hinetics is primarily funded through SBIR/STTR small business grants from NASA, the USAF's AFWERX, and the NSF. They have received more than $3 million from these entities to date[6] through Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III grants. In August 2022, the company was awarded the largest contract in ARPA-E's OPEN 2021 solicitation,[7] totaling $5.7 million,[8] to develop a 10 MW superconducting electric motor for electric aircraft propulsion.[9]
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- ^ Lee, Dongsu; Balachandran, Thanatheepan; Sirimanna, Samith; Salk, Noah; Yoon, Andy; Xiao, Peter; Macks, Johanesen; Yu, Yangxue; Lin, Shannon; Schuh, Jonathon; Powell, Paige; Haran, Kiruba S. (2022). "Detailed Design and Prototyping of a High Power Density Slotless PMSM". IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59 (2): 1719–1727. doi:10.1109/TIA.2022.3230379. ISSN 1939-9367. S2CID 254916345.
- ^ Balachandran, Thanatheepan; Lee, Dongsu; Salk, Noah; Xiao, Jianqiao; Haran, Kiruba S. (June 2020). "Evaluation and Mitigation of AC Losses in a Fully Superconducting Machine for Wind Turbine Applications". IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 30 (4): 1–5. doi:10.1109/TASC.2020.2987015. ISSN 1558-2515.
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